American Exceptualism Rudy
Giuliani was espousing his opinion to Fox News that Barack Obama did not
love America and didn’t brag enough about “American Exceptionalism.”

Fur Is Not Chic When my 25-pound
dog stepped in a toothed steel leg hold trap a few ft off the trail, I
learned how “unchic” fur is. I had to carry her out two miles to get to a
vet.

Which Is More Dangerous? Just
a couple of thoughts I had in response to the letters by Gordon Lee
Dean and Jarin Weber in the Feb. 23 issue. Mr. Dean claims that there
have been zero deaths from the measles in the past ten years.

Real Action on Climate In
“Climate Madness” in the Feb. 9 issue, the writer points out that
scientists are all but unanimous and that large numbers of people agree:
global warming poses a threat to future generations.

Real Science Wolfgang
Pauli, the Nobel Prize winning Austrian-born theoretical physicist, was
known not only for his work in postulating the existence of the
neutrino but feared for his razor-edged humor.

FeaturesRick Coates
Scott Smith was two years old when he became “hooked” on fishing. Smith, who has a dental practice in Adrian (south of Jackson/Ann Arbor)
and place on the Au Sable River outside of Grayling, now shares his love
of fishing with others. He will be one of several volunteer instructors
at the 43rd Annual Michigan Council Trout Unlimited Fly Fishing School.
The threeday school will be held June 7-9, on the Boardman River at
Ranch Rudolph, southeast of Traverse City.

Home relies on a nonexistent ‘Shore Avenue’ on the beach

FeaturesPatrick Sullivan
When the Smiths packed up for the season in 2011 and left Northern Michigan for their homes elsewhere in the country, the building in front of their cottage was little more than a falling-down shack, something that had been there as long as anyone could remember.

‘Bruiser’ accused of supplying lethal drugs in Benzie County

FeaturesPatrick Sullivan
The woman said she was best friends with Justin Smith, the Benzonia man who died of a suspected drug overdose and whose body was found on a rural road on May 15. She had talked to Smith that day on the phone. She had last seen him three days earlier, on Mother’s Day.

Heroin took a ‘good kid’ in Benzie County

FeaturesPatrick Sullivan
Smith said he learned that from Traverse Narcotics Team detectives, who helped bring a case against a 33-year-old Detroitarea man who allegedly sold Justin Smith the dose of heroin that led to his death on May 15. Charges that bring life in prison are pending against that man.

Filmmaker revisits a local legend

FeaturesErin Crowell
She discovers one of her puppies is dead. That’s when the coyotes start to circle… It’s another night of filming for Rich Brauer and his team. The Traverse City filmmaker— whose directing credits include “Deadrise,” “Frozen Stupid” and “Mr.

Former Kalkaska prosecutor looks back at a domestic violence murder case

FeaturesPatrick Sullivan
It came on the heels of another famous Michigan case that involved a woman who killed her abusive husband by setting him on fire. That one spawned a nonfiction book that went on to become the 1984 hit made-for- TV movie “Burning Bed,” starring Farrah Fawcett.